yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MoooN:
im looking for a good rom thats compatible with the most common kernels around
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Homam Ageel:
strange but OK :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] taurus193:
my phone do not start,no power .blk screen....odin dont reconize it....nothing is dead...can i still fix it?

try to get into download mode nothing...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nemoboy07:
if ur in froyo try holding the volume up and volume down at the same time then plug the usb to ur comp dont let go of the vol. button til it shows download mode.. and if ur in gingerbread try holding the volume down,home button, and power button at the same time while turning ur phone on and u should see download mode right away
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
taurus, you have hard bricked. mind explaining what you did to brick in the first place?

also, check out this thread. may help:

http://www.rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=2036
[General Questions and Answers] sami_bot:
Hi all,

I bought the GS2 two weeks ago, did nothing but rooting it, stayed with the original gingerbread OS.

A few days ago i noticed i had no reception, i tried turning airplane mode on, and then off (to restart the connection), but the phone got stuck in airplane mode.

I restarted the phone a couple of times, but it didn't work - still was stuck in airplane mode. I eventually decided to factory reset it.

After doing this the phone was not in airplane mode anymore, but it had no service (a circle with a cross line is appearing in the top right corner).

The really strange thing is that i have no imei number, no wifi or BT mac (when entering the 'about' section in the settings menu).

It looks like the phone still thinks it stuck in flight mode.

I tried looking in the efs dir, and noticed that the files nv_data.bin, nv_core.bin, their md5's and the nv_state files, all were renamed (now starting with a dot, hidden files).

I tried removing the dots from the beginning of the file names, I tried reinstalling the original ROM... nothing helps. I have no backup of the efs dir, before the problem appeared.

I don't know how really flight mode works, but it looks like the process handling it got stuck while entering flight mode, leaving the files in this strange state. Maybe there is a 'flight mode flag' in one of the files, telling the phone it is not allowed to access the files regarding the imei, wifi and BT identifiers.

It is worth mentioning that when i start using the wifi, the wifi mac updates and appears - the same would have happened if the phone was in airplane mode.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

sami
[General Questions and Answers] nigels2:
Sorry I don't know but I have *exactly* the same problem and symptoms starting on 7th Aug after 3 months of use. I didn't even root. You're not alone. I think it needs to go back to the shop.
[General Questions and Answers] champi123:
I have the exact same problem. Did anyone find a solution to this?
[General Questions and Answers] nuk234:
Never heard about this problem before, but I have a couple of suggestions:

1. Try to power off the phone, remove the SIM card and battery, wait for a minute, insert them and power on the phone.

2. Try to wipe cache and dalvik cache.

3. Try to install a different ROM with full wipe.
[General Questions and Answers] marcelotorres:
Mobile Network Unavaible

Good evening friends!

I am facing a strange problem with my Galaxy S II. Last night I was using the Rom Criskello, and everything was working fine. So I decided to make a backup and install other roms just to test. I installed the rom and my device Miui NDT was unsigned, I ended up doing strange and full wipe to install the ROM GalnetMiui. But I opted to return to the Criskello Rom. This morning I realized that my phone does not make calls and even shows that the data is active, but strangely, the signal is full.

Reinstall the original rom Retail Brazil and yet when I try to make calls I get Mobile Network Unavailable ...

My simcard is old, I'll buy a new one for testing. Someone tell me if this is normal?
[General Questions and Answers] andrew.cosmatos:
galaxy s2 no service

Hi all,

I had a similar problem, while using Skype I suddenly got the dreaded no service indicator.. Took phone to Samsung and they said to check if it was maybe barred from the network which it wasn't.. I was about to take it back to the shop I bought it from, then decided to remove my google account but the phone forced me to do a factory data reset, under settings -> Privacy.

I did this and then...... Happy days all was fine again :o)

I think it was the skype application that caused the problem but will confirm this...

Life is good again!

Hope this helps...
[General Questions and Answers] pinkman1:
i having the same problem, after reboot I'm having respiration but only emergency call :(

it's started as i flash Lp1 modem, in the Base.b it's said Unknown, but after it i flashed KP4 and everything act normal

so i really don't know!!! :(

i thoght this is something in my modem F.w LP1 so i went back to factory KI4

didn't help.

changed my rom from CM9 to Checkrom v4 didn't help.

factory rest didn't do much.

i found by mistake that if i am using the sim card on different phone make a sort

phone call and putting back the sim card to SG2. only this my letting my take phone call.

I'm hopping may be some one will read my temporary solution, and will help as to find the right solution .

...

restoring the oldest CMW and EFS restore manually didn't do much

i will keep looking, please if someone got a clue ...

Thank you for all
[General Questions and Answers] pinkman1:
i will keep on going till i will find a solution.

i believe that the main issue is that if i didn't delete /efs all the restoring didn't really restore this folder.

this is very risky, do a good backup with EFS-PRO

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

it's all started because ididn't do a good backup!!!
[General Questions and Answers] solarj:
pinkman, have any progress?
[General Questions and Answers] Black0fist:
My solution

got the same ishue on my phone you just need to do a efs restore.

there is an app on the marketplace for that

XXXmarket.android.XXXcom/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktoolXXX

(remove the XXX)

hope it helps it took me 3 days to find it and get he phone signal back

when you get the app:

press the: backup EFS to /sdcard/efs.img

then click yes verify

next run the check

press the close button

then click on the restore efs from backup(red button)

press the restore img button

press red button again

press the restore tar button

then click on the purple reboot button

and your good to go :)

you might night to restart after the reboot for the phone's signal to register with the carrier

your phone should be rooted btw

anyway hope this helps everyone, i know it saved me a $400 factory repair bill :D

good luck ;)
[General Questions and Answers] MarioAZ:
stock rom

just flash back stock rom
[General Questions and Answers] s_m_a_s_h:
A massive thank you

YOU MY FRIEND ARE AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND !!!

This solution worked for me, and saved my ass big style.

Much much VERY MUCH APPRECIATED

CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH

S_M_A_S_H_N: WORK TO YOU AND ALL XD FOLKS :)) KEEP THE DREMA ALIVE

smash
[Networking] Lyian:
Does anyone here live or knows someone in southern Indiana who is or was on T-mobile that i can get feed back from? Nobody i know is on this network so i dont know how good they are around here. Im thinking of switching to them purely for a phone they have, but i have some concerns about the network itself.. I cant trust the coverage network map they have cause... well networks are known to exaggerate their actual coverage.

Any thoughts or input would be great..
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] bncplix:
I am looking to read and write system settings. I have already found out how to Read the current theme style (Dark or Light), but is it possible to programmatically change it?

I have also looked everywhere for an API to be able to grab the current wallpaper file, and write in a different one, but no luck.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] Nudua:
afaik I don't think you can change the user's theme, but you can override it.

Download either the DarkStyles.xaml or LightStyles.xaml:

http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/news/theme-forcing-for-windows-phone-7

Then you can merge the xaml file into the resource dictonary of the resources of app.xaml:

<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/DarkStyles.xaml"></ResourceDictionary>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>

I don't think there's an api for grabbing the current wallpaper, but u can use MediaLibrary to check out the currently saved pictures if I remember correctly, otherwise there might be something related to Tasks.
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] reeg420:
Don't know about wallpaper but I have a thread for adding customs accents and 3 extra themes. Yu could also make your own but im on my phone and it would take forever to type out how.
[HTC Sensation] efcgenius:
Hi

As title says, sadly in this world of unsavoury people its just not good enough to block a text, sometimes what you want is to blocking the text and also let the yahoo know that you never got it by sending a automated text back to them saying its rejected

I have tried the Norton beta which didnt even block a text when i tested it

Pliz help

thanks
[HTC Sensation] EndoSurf:
Might be able to use tasker for it.

Set up a profile to autorespond to the message.. Not 100% sure if it can delete though.
[HTC Sensation] Xcor3:
You can try Easy Filter from the market. ive tried it before, it works well, and as you said, it can send automated text.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mastermind1234321:
Hi guys, I have a express card slot on my laptop and i am thinking of getting a usb 3.0 slot in it. I was wondering, since the 3.0 slot has the extra pins necessary, will it charge faster (even if not as fast as on the wall?)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Rumbleweed:
The extra pins in 3.0 only allow for higher data rates. The usb port still has a very low current capacity and will take way too long to charge the TF. Note the TF cable has USB3.0 Physicical propertys only, but does not conform to the USB electrical spec
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jondwillis:
I've gotten pretty fed up with the constant "Maps has Failed to Install" and "You have new updates" blah blah blah notifications on my Xoom with Tiamat 2.x.

Every time it is attempted to update from the Android Market, it fails with

08-02 14:33:51.342: ERROR/PackageManager(481): Package com.google.android.apps.maps has no signatures that match those in shared user com.google.android.apps.maps; ignoring!

So, I've changed the android:sharedUserId from com.google.apps.maps to com.google.apps.maps.xoom so that it will install.

STEPS

First try The steps outlined in this post

If that doesn't work, download APK below

Place it on your device's internal or external storage

Navigate to the APK and install it

Warning, you will not be able to update Maps from market, simply check back here. I'll try and keep this updated as maps updates.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] AstroDigital:
Thanks followed the steps to remove maps and reinstalled.

Worked no problem
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wattershed:
I appreciate this - I tried to do what was in the post you linked to, and it wouldn't accept my google login for some reason. The apk you linked to in your post seems to have been successful, so thank you.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] playya:
I had the same issue and posted it in the Tiamat thread along with a signed apk that installed Maps properly and allowed me to update. Did you happen to see my method
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jondwillis:
Nope! I don't think many people have the time or patience to sift through 200+ pages of posts, and it is difficult to search and find this sort of thing.

What happened to me was I deleted the APK from /system/app without uninstalling it, so modifying the APK was my only choice, and I knew that changing the sharedUserId would fix potential problems (though it introduces some also)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shmigao:
Can you place a link to your method? I saw it while travelling and would like to try it as I have returned
[Xoom Themes and Apps] playya:
here is the link http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16078020&postcount=1069 I would suggest pushing it to data/app instead
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shmigao:
titanium uninstall first i suppose?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Anunakin:
Worked for me with step 1...

Superuser application needs it too... but need get remove and get new Superuser.apk file...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] thraxage:
Worked for me with adb install. Using a Canadian xoom running Honeycomb 3.2 US
[Xoom Themes and Apps] playya:
i just used root explorer and deleted it
[Motorola Photon 4G] edgan:
Here is the method I discovered for root access. Yes, it requires the HD Station. There is currently no way around that. You have to download and extract pulse.tar in webtop. There is no other way I know of that will work. You can use adb or Android Terminal Emulator instead of ssh, but you are on your own. With those, expect problems with your PATH.

I have surprise for another day now.

Please donate with the "Donate to me" button on the top left of this post, if you are willing. I don't promise anything new in the future. It would just be a thank you for this hack.

Here is a very nicely done pdf with screenshots, done by twospirits.

Instructions with screenshots

Here is a very nice Youtube tutorial:

Youtube tutorial

Requirements:

HD Station

Sprint Photon

HDMI cable that came with HD Station

Monitor or TV with open HDMI port

Wifi connection on the phone

Computer with network access to the phone

Steps:

1. Install Superuser from the Market

2. Install SSHDroid from the Market

3. Open SSHDroid, and make sure it is listening on port 2222

4. Connect Photon to HD Station

5. Connect HDMI to HD Station and TV/Monitor

6. Turn TV/Monitor on

7. Change TV/Monitor input to HDMI

8. Open Firefox in webtop

9. Go to http://higgs.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/pulse.tar

10. Open it instead of saving

11. Extract pulse.tar to /var/tmp

12. Connect to phone via ssh at ip address mentioned in SSHDroid and port 2222

13. Type /var/tmp/pulse/pa_race

14. Type /var/tmp/pulse/install-su.sh

15. Type rm -rf /var/tmp/pulse*

SSH:

Windows:

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

Linux, in terminal window:

ssh -p 2222 root@ip-address-mentioned-in-SSHDroid

Mac, in terminal window:

ssh -p 2222 root@ipaddress-mentioned-in-SSHDroid

Thank you bane449!

Thank you PAulyhoffman!

Thank you Brandon15811!

Thank you Yay!

Thank you twospirits!
[Motorola Photon 4G] PAulyhoffman:
This is some great work Edgan.

Might see a spike in Dock sales, unknown is working on webtop over hdmi right now so if someone can just "borrow" a dock to root they will still be able to use webtop with out it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] quantum23:
Way to go! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks guys!
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Hmmm should be able to just do this all by ConnectBot as well, eh?

Unrooting should be as simple as deleting /system/bin/su and uninstalling Superuser, right?

For people that have seen the webtop in action before, is it activated immediately upon plugging it in or do you need to plug in the HDMI as well? Why are the keyboard and mouse necessary, are there no on-screen equivalents on webtop?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Awesome job here gentleman :) cant wait to get this thing rooted
[Motorola Photon 4G] dis39tif:
Is this a permanent root or a temporary one that we'll need to reapply each time we reboot? Great job regardless!
[Motorola Photon 4G] edgan:
Permanent, though as soon as an update comes out, we will have to figure out if it breaks OTA. Once they fix the exploit, it gets even harder.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sonicdivx:
edgan,

Nice work, enjoyed watching you guys work last night on IRC.

So has anybody installed apps like Titanium Backup that require root?

If so off to get me a dock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Devi0124:
My will power is getting weaker and weaker.. Im trying to hold out for the SGS2 but these threads make it tough.
[Motorola Photon 4G] WrlsFanatic:
My question is, does anyone have a custom recovery installed on it? If you can root the system and put a custom recovery on it, then you're good to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
I see this happening as well.

TS out
[Motorola Photon 4G] jwischka:
Not with a locked bootloader, unfortunately.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mxmarcus:
This is great!

Now I have a reason to get the HD station. I was waiting for them to to start selling the webtop!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
You need s-off to flash a recovery afaik, so until the bootloader gets unlocked, we're S.O.L.

Has anyone tried to uninstall bloatware and to run a wireless tether solution yet ? Can't wait to receive my photon tomorrow...
[Motorola Photon 4G] jwischka:
Uninstalling <most> bloatware works without root.

Haven't tried a wireless tether.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I seriouly doubt it truly uninstalls the apps... Without root, you're just hiding them. Check Applications in Settings, they're still there.
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Got to say I got the web dock and real like the web dock....just leave the doc on my hdtv and with the phone on it my TV is now INTERNET enabled .....posted from my tv/webdock/phone
[Motorola Photon 4G] Natty_lite:
I don't see why not. If for some reason you couldn't put CWM on it, it would be the first out of all of the other Moto's with encrypted bootloaders
[Motorola Photon 4G] djvinceadams:
Free HotSpot??

Is there a free hot spot app that works with the Photon after this root has been applied??
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
That was why i was asking. Locked bootloader wont stop us from having CWM recovery and flashing roms. Bootstrap...
[Motorola Photon 4G] jwischka:
That would be where I uninstalled them.

Of course, some of the apps (SprintID, etc) aren't removable this way, but Nascar, etc are.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
The apps are truly un-installed. Just the 5-6 bloatware that you are allowed to uninstall anyways.

Nascar / Sprint Radio / Sprint TV / Places App (can't remember the name) / Telenav / and somethin else
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I stand corrected, I thought it would be like it was on the Evo 3D before root was obtained.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
So, does that mean that the only thing that we couldn't install in theory is different kernels then ? If that's the case then I'm quite thrilled to learn we might be able to flash custom roms in the future.
[Motorola Photon 4G] edgan:
Yes, till an unlocked bootloader comes along, you can't do custom kernels. I can probably get 2nd-init working, and then you are as close as you are likely to get to custom roms.

Levels of hack:

1. Root

2. Init aka 2nd-init

3. 2nd-boot, would be a lot of work. Custom bootloader

4. Unlocked Bootloader, the Atrix is here

5. Nvflash, on tegra2 based phones, and requires the SBK on retails phones
[Motorola Photon 4G] dutchman71:
Wifi tether working with our root?
[Motorola Photon 4G] PAulyhoffman:
keep in mind, 1. removing any system app will likely break chances of receiving OTA

2. The device relies heavily on Blur. there are only a few things you can remove from the Atrix before something *****es and craps out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] randomrobbi:
So glad to have root. Thank you for all your hard work. I threw my hands up in the air and yelled Yatta! when I got the SU request popup.
[Motorola Photon 4G] yungwunn911:
i'd like to know this too
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay i am yay!
[Motorola Photon 4G] randomrobbi:
how can we get gtalk with video working? have tried the various apk's that have it and i get the video icons, but doesnt work for hitting the video button.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
wait for the mr
[Motorola Photon 4G] sonicdivx:
Yay , hola, so you survived last night on IRC, you hear from Donnie, so who of you has stock in Motorola, cuz all those docks you gonna make us buy ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
This is great news guys, just got mine last night and been messing around. I'm not going to go spend the hundred bucks for the dock but this is really cool. I will be patient and wait for root access without the dock.

Can I ask why you need the dock, what exactly it does differently? I guess I don't understand why we would need an external device to gain root. TIA

-DJ
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
If your rooted search "talk 1.3 installer" in the market. It should install and set permissions, and work. Its worked on every other phone ive used it on.
[Motorola Photon 4G] urcboss07:
After phone rooted, it seems that there is problem with download, most of download files on line cannot be successfully download to phone. It says something like this"Untitled" download unsuccessful.

Any idea?
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
ok ..rooted the phone last night... very easy... but minor things

I backed up my contacts to both the sim and my sd card, the pull them out and did a factory reset of the phone before starting...

Then set up the phone but for some reason the marker app ckanged to the web based https://market.android.com/ with ads... (I think because I did the set up on the dock)....

However I went ahead an did the root with no problem worked fine but still the web based market app

So because the web based market app with ads sucked so bad ...I did another factory reset... this removed the root access (or could be because the superuser app was removed...du! ...should of put back on superuser app and checked again for root access)....

But re-did the whole phone setup and root ... again... and no issues this time

(Fyi you do need to have your phone on your local wifi on the same local lan segment as your PC to SSH in to your phone from your pc... I know this is obvious.... but ....)
[Motorola Photon 4G] necrogami:
I have verified that Wifi tether works via the Wifi Tether App on the market once root is obtained.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
Can anyone explain this for me? Just trying to get an idea as to why the dock is necessary. Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] kpkimmel:
The dock is necessary because the webtop application that is launched via dock only, provides an exploit that is used to obtain SU permissions.
[Motorola Photon 4G] chris heath:
Which wifi tether version are you using?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
Oh okay, between the video and your explanation, I think I got it. Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] RickNY1971:
Thanks :) Paypal sent.. Good work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Just got my phone today, rooted and loaded :)

Will try to send a donation when I get my next paycheck.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tylerl:
Local sprint store has a dock on display where I can plug in my phone just to "try it out". Presumably I can accomplish this process there without needing to purchase anything -- it would be worth the pilgrimage.

But so that I know before I go, how much of the process needs to be completed while connected to the dock? The downloading? The extracting? Executing?

Also, does the browser need to be running in the foreground? It appears that I could avoid having to tote along my laptop by simply installing a local terminal app (e.g. connectbot), and connecting to the local command line instead of going through SSH.

The keyboard attached to the store's dock makes this doubly simple. I'll be out of the store in 90 seconds.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Brooose:
Tylerl....if you are successful, could you please post a step by step "how to" that would help "special" people like me to accomplish the 90 second in and out? I thought about doing this too but I am concerned that I would take more like 90 minutes to do it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bane449:
Only steps 4 through 11 need the dock. So it's basically get in, open firefox, download the file, open it, extract it to /var/tmp/, get out.